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his day to press beyond the bounds of the ronald reagan administration could've gotten from a conference or the democrats who had to give back the senate and it was a huge fight and was really a fight over defining the mainstream. you know, is it part of the mainstream to have a judge who criticizes griswold and as connecticut in 1965 decision that the stock which is the right to birth control. most people think the was a pretty good decision, but he thought it was a very bad decision so the battle focused on a few key things as that. was a big constitutional teachable moment for the country, and people have drawn a very different lessons. but what it tells us is the mainstream, quote, the mainstream remains aver econ testable concept. what is going to happen first in the confirmation process? i was a little surprised "the new york times" has a wonderful interactive tool on the web site where it has one of these clouds of how many times particular words were spoken by anybody speaking of the republican national convention, the democratic national convention in you could put in the phrase
his day to press beyond the bounds of the ronald reagan administration could've gotten from a conference or the democrats who had to give back the senate and it was a huge fight and was really a fight over defining the mainstream. you know, is it part of the mainstream to have a judge who criticizes griswold and as connecticut in 1965 decision that the stock which is the right to birth control. most people think the was a pretty good decision, but he thought it was a very bad decision so the...
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george bush, ronald reagan, jack kemp, they looked to people in the community colleges and said okay, they're maybe on food stamps, but taking two buses, working two jobs and -- >> that's the problem with the 47%. i really don't think that's going to change a vote. i really don't. i do believe, though, that it is deflated conservatives at "the wall street journal." conservatives like david, conservatives like myself, conservatives on talk radio. we believe in smaller government because we believe, like jack kemp, believed, like ronald reagan believed, like margaret thatcher believed, that's how you help the most people. i will say still without apology, i believe a rising tide lifts all boats. i believe you unshackle individuals and they can prosper in this country, what's so disturbing about that video -- is like you said, david, mitt romney doesn't get it, he doesn't believe it. and that's what comes. margaret thatcher, shop keeper's daughter would have never said that in a million years. >> never. and you know this is like 4-1, i should be allowed to speak for each one of these peo
george bush, ronald reagan, jack kemp, they looked to people in the community colleges and said okay, they're maybe on food stamps, but taking two buses, working two jobs and -- >> that's the problem with the 47%. i really don't think that's going to change a vote. i really don't. i do believe, though, that it is deflated conservatives at "the wall street journal." conservatives like david, conservatives like myself, conservatives on talk radio. we believe in smaller government...
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you don't like the margaret thatcher fan or ronald reagan fan? >> please, let me make a point here. >> don't put me as a four to one. i'm not. i'm a small government conservative. >> on this set, you appear to be one of the four. >> i'm also with the "wall street journal" editorial page and i'm also with every conservative. i'm with rush. i'm with -- you name the conservative, they have my concern, bay. please don't characterize me as being one of these four. go ahead, bay. >> we're not that bad. >> what's wrong with us? >> i love them all. but i'm not one of them. >> to characterize the personal life of mitt romney as dee dee has is to show that she does not know the man. she does not know what he has done. >> i know what he's done. >> this is a man who has spent a life in serving others. that is the basis of what he believes, and he has given. >> i'm not questioning that, bay. i'm not saying that. >> yes, you are. >> no, i'm not. >> number two, we are in perilous times in this country. we are looking at financial ruin. we are looking at dndsy.
you don't like the margaret thatcher fan or ronald reagan fan? >> please, let me make a point here. >> don't put me as a four to one. i'm not. i'm a small government conservative. >> on this set, you appear to be one of the four. >> i'm also with the "wall street journal" editorial page and i'm also with every conservative. i'm with rush. i'm with -- you name the conservative, they have my concern, bay. please don't characterize me as being one of these four....
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and if that's not enough, workforce participation rate is at its lowest level since ronald reagan's first year in office, around 65%. president obama did his best to spin the jobs in the his way as he campaigned in supports mouth portsmouth, new hampshire. >> a total of more than 4.6 million jobs, but that's not good enough. we know it's not good enough. >> eliot: but g.o.p. vice president candidate paul ryan was caustic as he diagnosed the problem on cnbc. >> this is not recovery. we need growth. we need to get it the right policies in >> romney: i think the president's plans is for more years of the for last years. i don't think the american people want four more years of the four last years. >> eliot: i'm joined by political reporter joe williams and dan gross and author of "better, stronger, faster." dan, let me start with you. 96,000 was not just shocking but dismal number, certainly not good news for the president. what can he be doing? >> the base of 131 million jobs out there, whether you're up 100,000, or 200,000. it's a minuscule statistical blip. on the other hand you always wa
and if that's not enough, workforce participation rate is at its lowest level since ronald reagan's first year in office, around 65%. president obama did his best to spin the jobs in the his way as he campaigned in supports mouth portsmouth, new hampshire. >> a total of more than 4.6 million jobs, but that's not good enough. we know it's not good enough. >> eliot: but g.o.p. vice president candidate paul ryan was caustic as he diagnosed the problem on cnbc. >> this is not...
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ronald reagan did recover from a recession which in many ways was worse. charles: if you're walking down the street and you have a penny in your pocket and you find another one, it doubled. >> is that really a success? stuart: do not forget, charles, please, this is evidence that the economy continues to recover. [laughter] that was good. you find a penny on the street and you have a penny in your pocket, your net worth doubles. charles: the obama administration -- these teenagers are jumping out of the job market like crazy. 53% in 2000 were participating. it is down to 35%. on the other end of the spectrum, older women are pouring back. >> remember the recession ended in june of 2009. stuart: the old people are going, older people, are going back into the workforce. younger people coming out. that is how it is. there is a firm figure. charles: participation from 16-19 -year-olds, 36%. stuart: that is it. charles: that is it. stuart: we should have gotten into this earlier. we wl
ronald reagan did recover from a recession which in many ways was worse. charles: if you're walking down the street and you have a penny in your pocket and you find another one, it doubled. >> is that really a success? stuart: do not forget, charles, please, this is evidence that the economy continues to recover. [laughter] that was good. you find a penny on the street and you have a penny in your pocket, your net worth doubles. charles: the obama administration -- these teenagers are...
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they look at ronald reagan and told it is a crazed cowboy and movie star and can't be trusted . then he removed those doubts in that debate by coming off as the genial and humorous conservative he was. the country said that guy is just fine and 10 points suddenly switched to reagan. and he won it. that's what mitt romney to h hopes to do and hoped to do in his convention. >> when you look at the polls and they are so tight. just a slight movement in either direction could make a close election anything but. but say mitt romney tipped all of those midwestern state,. wisconsin and michigan ironically come to mind. they haven't been republican since ronald reagan and that carries to ohio and indiana and pick up for democrats and they win back virginia and north carolina and win back florida. again, that is the run of the table republicans envision. but given the tightness of the polls, is it out of the realm of possibility? >> it is not. ask ourselves where is obama. if he is at 45 or 46 or 46, and he's in deep trouble it said the country that knows him well is prepared to replace
they look at ronald reagan and told it is a crazed cowboy and movie star and can't be trusted . then he removed those doubts in that debate by coming off as the genial and humorous conservative he was. the country said that guy is just fine and 10 points suddenly switched to reagan. and he won it. that's what mitt romney to h hopes to do and hoped to do in his convention. >> when you look at the polls and they are so tight. just a slight movement in either direction could make a close...
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our analysis revealed that bill clinton, ronald reagan, and fdr all had 12 million new jobs created during their presidency, but none of them were dealing with the kind of economy we are in now. in order to see the kind of job growth that romney is promising, the economy would need to be growing at a much faster rate than it is now. when president clinton was in office, u.s. gdp was at 3.9%. under president reagan, it was at 3.4%, and fdr had a gdp rate of 8.4% during that time that he was in office. compare that with the forecast of 2.3% for our economy in 2013, and the anemic 1.7% that we saw in the most recent quarter. now kevin hassett is an economic adviser to mitt romney, he's the author, one of the authors of this 12 million jobs in four years claim. very patient man because he keeps coming back to discuss this with me. kevin, we have been down this road twice -- >> you'll get it right sooner or later. >> fair enough, that's why we talk about it. we've been down this road twice before on this show and you haven't given me more than generalities as to how mitt romney n an economy tha
our analysis revealed that bill clinton, ronald reagan, and fdr all had 12 million new jobs created during their presidency, but none of them were dealing with the kind of economy we are in now. in order to see the kind of job growth that romney is promising, the economy would need to be growing at a much faster rate than it is now. when president clinton was in office, u.s. gdp was at 3.9%. under president reagan, it was at 3.4%, and fdr had a gdp rate of 8.4% during that time that he was in...
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the 1984 convention, walter mondale, no democrat would have won because ronald reagan was simply that popular. but he decided to do, was to nominate a woman as his vice-president. >> my name is geraldine ferraro. >> it never happened before. it didn't work. >> we are the party that believes in the american dream. >> 1988 democratic convention, bill clinton was selected by dukakis to deliver the major address. >> and the speech went on and on and the delegates got restless and there was a bit of booing. >> go ahead. >> but-- >> in closing-- >> it's something like well, in closing, and all of the delegates at that moment stood up and actually cheered. the convention is part of the tapestry and background of democracy. >> and that was fox news contributor marvin cowell reporting. a tennis great not ready, not yet, to bid a fond farewell to the game he loves. andy roddick coming through at the u.s. open. he says he'll retire after the tournament in new york city. we'll see. rick! wow, you look terrific! [ female announcer ] crest 3d white glamorous white toothpaste. removes to 90% of surf
the 1984 convention, walter mondale, no democrat would have won because ronald reagan was simply that popular. but he decided to do, was to nominate a woman as his vice-president. >> my name is geraldine ferraro. >> it never happened before. it didn't work. >> we are the party that believes in the american dream. >> 1988 democratic convention, bill clinton was selected by dukakis to deliver the major address. >> and the speech went on and on and the delegates got...
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ronald reagan very do. you think that ronald reagan would've stood by without speaking up, without speaking up for these 25,000 people who have been massacred? of course not. ronald reagan would've been saying, it is terrible for these people to be massacred. the president of the united states has not said a word. this is not what america is supposed to do. this is not leadership. finally, can i say as kelly just mentioned and i will stop, the sequestration, which was a stupid thing to do, it was a stupid thing to do, which, in the words of the secretary of defense will be devastating to our national defense, the president sits by and doesn't do anything about it. kelly and i and lindsey graham have been going around the country, especially to places where the military bases were going to be devastated by the sequestration across-the-board cuts, and we are asking and pleading with the president of the united states as the secretary of defense says, that these cuts are going to be devastating, invited to the
ronald reagan very do. you think that ronald reagan would've stood by without speaking up, without speaking up for these 25,000 people who have been massacred? of course not. ronald reagan would've been saying, it is terrible for these people to be massacred. the president of the united states has not said a word. this is not what america is supposed to do. this is not leadership. finally, can i say as kelly just mentioned and i will stop, the sequestration, which was a stupid thing to do, it...
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he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the program they felt was the best. people said why did you take it in the first place, why don't you leave it there. host: from virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm just sitting here amazed and outraged by the assertions that the former secretary is making. number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, th
he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the...
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guest: ronald reagan stood his ground and ronald reagan, at the end of the book i quote, ronald reagan, one of his terrific viewpoints where he said i believe, and i still believe, that america is that shining city on a hill. he had a very sunny view of america, he was not a negative campaigner, he wasn't a negative person. i think the great appeal of ronald reagan was he -- was that he had a great positive vision of what america could be, that shining city on a hill and while i disagreed with him politically, how could you have not at least personally felt that this was a good person who was often underestimated by his detractors but really one of the -- wanted the best for this country. we don't have to demonize the other side just because we don't agree with him. host: what is thanksgiving or a family reunion like for alan colmes? guest: there's usually a dry cleaning bill and removal of cranberry sauce. we have a rule, we don't talk politics when we're together as a family. i think it's a lot safer that way. host: we'll go to mike in akron, ohio, independent line with alan colmes.
guest: ronald reagan stood his ground and ronald reagan, at the end of the book i quote, ronald reagan, one of his terrific viewpoints where he said i believe, and i still believe, that america is that shining city on a hill. he had a very sunny view of america, he was not a negative campaigner, he wasn't a negative person. i think the great appeal of ronald reagan was he -- was that he had a great positive vision of what america could be, that shining city on a hill and while i disagreed with...
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bush ran, where the campaign came from ronald reagan and said we are the change. even though the white house according to reagan wanted to stay in the same party but he's saying we are the change, we will see the change and i really didn't see that. >> ifill: we will be back in a just a second but we want to check in with ray suarez on the floor in the middle of all the action, ray. >> suarez: gwen for years republicans have credit sized the democratic party for being anti-religion or even anti-god. they implied in the criticism of the democratic platform this week. so if the riddle is how do you make 20,000 democrats stop in their tracks, the answer to that riddle is, bring out cardinals dolan from new york to give the benediction and close down the convention. everything stopped in the hall, and the combative new york cardinal arch bishop who has locked horns in the obama administration in the recent past over requirements that insurance plans have birth control coverage gave a very long prayer in which he was very hard on two points. the rif right to life and t
bush ran, where the campaign came from ronald reagan and said we are the change. even though the white house according to reagan wanted to stay in the same party but he's saying we are the change, we will see the change and i really didn't see that. >> ifill: we will be back in a just a second but we want to check in with ray suarez on the floor in the middle of all the action, ray. >> suarez: gwen for years republicans have credit sized the democratic party for being anti-religion...
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fraichg link roost veflt an ronald reagan revived the american dream. there's an agenda starts with big tax reform, agenda out there to be used. >> right. i was at a thing in charlotte with michael porter from harvard business school. a chart of 8 things we could do. things like making sure immigration works so skilled people stay here. things like making the regulatory environment simple so people can invest. chasing the medical twice overseas. our regulation tion are stringent an so complicated you want to get away from them. he had a bunch of 8 ditch policies infrastructure spending. 80% of the country behind them. put them in one big package combine with fiscal discipline, lay it out there, see what happens. but that's the kind of risk. >> charlie:but he doesn't do that because he think's it's too risky. >> he has become defined over the last two years without the sense of mission in the first 2 years defined by the negotiates progress excess he's in. whatever position he's taking within that negotiating process. second i would say this about the wh
fraichg link roost veflt an ronald reagan revived the american dream. there's an agenda starts with big tax reform, agenda out there to be used. >> right. i was at a thing in charlotte with michael porter from harvard business school. a chart of 8 things we could do. things like making sure immigration works so skilled people stay here. things like making the regulatory environment simple so people can invest. chasing the medical twice overseas. our regulation tion are stringent an so...
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>> ronald reagan. >> bill: no, no, no. i mean that -- you're not saying that fa serbsly? >> no, i'm not. i think romney is to a large ex tents an unknown in foreign affairs. he is a good manager and i think he would take advice from wise people. president obama is a known quantity and that known quantity has failed in every single respect in foreign policy, except the seals killing bin laden, which any president would have done. bill, look, what the president said in his well delivered empty speech at the u.n. today was exactly what he has been saying for years. we're going to talk this to death, we'll negotiate with iran. four years, negotiations have failed utterly. iran is much closer to nuclear weapons, having nuclear weapons. the world is a more dangerous place. israel is threatened. what does obama have to show for four years? >> bill: isn't the only other alternative war? a military strike? doesn't seem to be anything else that he's not doing, although i do have one thing in the back of my mind, but i'm going to hold it back. go. >> nobody wants war in the persian
>> ronald reagan. >> bill: no, no, no. i mean that -- you're not saying that fa serbsly? >> no, i'm not. i think romney is to a large ex tents an unknown in foreign affairs. he is a good manager and i think he would take advice from wise people. president obama is a known quantity and that known quantity has failed in every single respect in foreign policy, except the seals killing bin laden, which any president would have done. bill, look, what the president said in his well...
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the 1984 convention walter mondale, no democrat would have won because ronald reagan was simply that popular. what he decided to do was to nominate to a point a woman as vice president. >> my name is geraldine ferraro. >> it never happened before, it didn't work. he lost. >> we are the party that believes in the american dream. >> the 88 democratic convention bill clinton was selected by dukakis to deliver the major address. >> clinton went on and on and the delegates got restless and there was booing. but the end of the speech -- he said in closing all of the delegates ceased that moment stood up and actually cheered. the convention is part of the tapestry, the background of democracy. >> that was marvin cowl reporting. a tennis great not ready to bid a fond farewell to the game he loves. andy roddick coming through again at the u.s. hope. he said he will retire after the tournament in new york city. we will see. >> tennis star andy roddick not retiring yet. he has a lot of tennis left. he continued with a win. in his second straight victory since announcing he would retire after th
the 1984 convention walter mondale, no democrat would have won because ronald reagan was simply that popular. what he decided to do was to nominate to a point a woman as vice president. >> my name is geraldine ferraro. >> it never happened before, it didn't work. he lost. >> we are the party that believes in the american dream. >> the 88 democratic convention bill clinton was selected by dukakis to deliver the major address. >> clinton went on and on and the...
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ronald reagan's perspective has dominated republicans' thoughts on this matter for years. >> we have a different approach, the president and i, between a government-dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams. >> reporter: romney insists the federal government should be smaller and less intrusive in terms of regulations and taxes and largely it should keep out of the free market. >> i line up with a smaller government, a less intrusive government, regulations being pared back. >> such views on both sides of course can make a difference. but here is the catch. for the past century, with a few exceptions, the government has been expanding no matter which party has held the white house. more cabinet positions, more agencies, more spending per citizen and much of that is driven by things like we menged at the start. population growth, economic trends and entitlements, meaning the question is probably not whether the government will keep growing under mr. obama or mr. romney, but rather how fast. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> child sex trafficking, thos
ronald reagan's perspective has dominated republicans' thoughts on this matter for years. >> we have a different approach, the president and i, between a government-dominated society and a society driven by free people pursuing their dreams. >> reporter: romney insists the federal government should be smaller and less intrusive in terms of regulations and taxes and largely it should keep out of the free market. >> i line up with a smaller government, a less intrusive...
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. >> ronald reagan in four years took the unemployment rate way down. bill clinton said nobody could do it in four years. >> gregg: reagan. 10.8% down to 7%, down to 35%. up to 8% was huge. >> gregg: brenda, good to see you. catch brenda on "bulls and bears" every saturday morning right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: the wounded warrior showing the world what he is made of. bradley snyder, he was blinded in a bomb blast in afghanistan last year. now, he is inspiring millions as a gold medal-i as the london games. anna has more on the story. >> reporter: exactly one year ago brad snyder's last combated tour ended when an ide blasted shrapnel in his face. he won the 100 and 400 free style turning strategy into triumph in the category. he reaches out with a soft pole to give them a tap as they near the wall for a turn. >> i'm glad to set it up and i hope it will carry through the week. >> reporter: lieutenant snyder's job was to diffuse bombs for a navy seal team. he remained conscious as he waited for medic. he received 30 stitches and begin re
. >> ronald reagan in four years took the unemployment rate way down. bill clinton said nobody could do it in four years. >> gregg: reagan. 10.8% down to 7%, down to 35%. up to 8% was huge. >> gregg: brenda, good to see you. catch brenda on "bulls and bears" every saturday morning right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: the wounded warrior showing the world what he is made of. bradley snyder, he was blinded in a bomb blast in afghanistan last year. now,...
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what about ronald reagan? art laffer, reagan's former economic advisor, he's next. what do you think he's going to say to this. >> no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. when i found out my irregular heartbeat put me at 5 timesgreater risk o, my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most commonype of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, praxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin, with pradaxa, there's no need for regular blood tests. that's really important to me. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have a bleeding condition like stomach ulcers, or take aspirin, nsaids, or blood
what about ronald reagan? art laffer, reagan's former economic advisor, he's next. what do you think he's going to say to this. >> no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. when i found out my irregular heartbeat put me at 5 timesgreater risk o, my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most commonype of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on...
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and by the time ronald reagan's first term ended, unemployment was down at around 6%. same thing for the -- okay, there you see the down a quarter, .28% per year. same thing with the inflation rate. the inflation rate when ronald reagan took office was 13 -- i'm sorry, 11.8%, and by the time he ended his first term, it was down to 4.7%. clearly, there are presidents who have faced challenges at least as great as those faced by president obama, ab. >> well, president clinton disagrees with that assessment. i mean -- jon: yeah, he does. >> i think it's a very tough question. it's a potent question, republicans are asking voters are you better off than you were four years ago. voters are not remembering how scared they were, an emergency bailout, 750,000 jobs disappearing every month. they just know they don't see it getting better fast enough, so that's a very strong headwind for president obama do go up -- to go up against. what president clinton did for him last night was try to reframe the terms and say i am a former president, and i can tell you that unlike reagan or
and by the time ronald reagan's first term ended, unemployment was down at around 6%. same thing for the -- okay, there you see the down a quarter, .28% per year. same thing with the inflation rate. the inflation rate when ronald reagan took office was 13 -- i'm sorry, 11.8%, and by the time he ended his first term, it was down to 4.7%. clearly, there are presidents who have faced challenges at least as great as those faced by president obama, ab. >> well, president clinton disagrees with...
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the press didn't treat ronald reagan and george w. bush any less unfairly, and both men managed not only to win the presidency but to get re-elected. mr. romney would do better to focus more on reducing his unforced errors and less on the fourth estate's political bias. if whining about the liberal media was a winning strategy for republicans, newt gingrich would be the nominee." >> well, and newt gingrich is a great example -- i don't mean to go back there -- a great example of the problem we're talking about here. because -- >> no. >> -- no, instead of stepping forward and separating himself from this candidate, he somehow, because of his party -- >> todd akin is going to lose. that's a distraction. >> it is. >> i'm talking about the presidential race. we're one week out from the first presidential debate, and we have brand-new polling out this morning from three separate swing states that show this race is slipping away. >> and they're the big three. >> and they're the big three, mika. >> yes, they are. are you ready? >> i'm ready
the press didn't treat ronald reagan and george w. bush any less unfairly, and both men managed not only to win the presidency but to get re-elected. mr. romney would do better to focus more on reducing his unforced errors and less on the fourth estate's political bias. if whining about the liberal media was a winning strategy for republicans, newt gingrich would be the nominee." >> well, and newt gingrich is a great example -- i don't mean to go back there -- a great example of the...
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ronald reagan changed republican party. bill clinton changed the direction of the republican party. barack obama put a stomp on the democratic party in part of who he was and what he represented about the future, and what his election would represent about the country. but romney has put no stamp at all on the republican party. >> in fact... >> the republican party has stamped it's he'll on his forehead. >> that's what i was going to say. they starched him, branded him if you will. you also say that you don't think that the republican presidential candle dates from years past would have even come close saying what mitt romney said in that video behind closed doors about the 47%. what makes you say that? >> i just don't think that that degree of resentment and rage had percolated up to that level that it has in these last two or three years. you know, george w. bush, yes he favored the rich in his policies, there's no question about that, but he didn't drive a hatred of poor people. he didn't drive a narrative about, you know, working class and poor people being moochers. that narrat
ronald reagan changed republican party. bill clinton changed the direction of the republican party. barack obama put a stomp on the democratic party in part of who he was and what he represented about the future, and what his election would represent about the country. but romney has put no stamp at all on the republican party. >> in fact... >> the republican party has stamped it's he'll on his forehead. >> that's what i was going to say. they starched him, branded him if you...
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that question, of course, made famous by ronald reagan in 1980 has taken center stage in the to 12 presidential election. it's become a campaign corner stone for the romney ryan ticket. but the obama camp is struggling it to articulate a unified response. >> david, can you honestly say that the average american is better off today than they were four years ago? here is what i can say, chris, i can say we are in a better position than we were four years ago in our economy in the sense that when this president took office we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. >> you can honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no. but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses, the bush recession, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars charged to the first time to credit card. >> today governor o'malley walked back his comments saying americans are clearly better off. campaign manager stefanie cutter doubled down. >> are we better off today than we were four
that question, of course, made famous by ronald reagan in 1980 has taken center stage in the to 12 presidential election. it's become a campaign corner stone for the romney ryan ticket. but the obama camp is struggling it to articulate a unified response. >> david, can you honestly say that the average american is better off today than they were four years ago? here is what i can say, chris, i can say we are in a better position than we were four years ago in our economy in the sense that...
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in mid september of 1980, ronald reagan was trailing jimmy carter 44 to 40 despite double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and double digit interest rates. by mid october reagan had dropped 1 point to 39 and carter had risen three points to 47. yet, as we all know it turned out a big blow out. >> bill: let me get this straight. in 1980, in the middle of october, just three weeks before the vote, carter was up 47-39 over reagan? >> right. now, part of this is, yeah, and the gallup. >> bill: that's amazing. >> we forget about it now. i remember at the time people -- i was the director of the reagan campaign in texas historically democrat state at that point. and i can remember people saying well, we're losing to this guy. how can would he be losing to this guy with the economy as bad as it is? now, one of the reasons is the polls have a false scientific provision. take a look at this. this is on the 129 of september. four national polls, cbs news, "new york times" had 13 points more democrats than republicans and a 3 point advantage for obama. cnn had 10 points more democrats than
in mid september of 1980, ronald reagan was trailing jimmy carter 44 to 40 despite double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and double digit interest rates. by mid october reagan had dropped 1 point to 39 and carter had risen three points to 47. yet, as we all know it turned out a big blow out. >> bill: let me get this straight. in 1980, in the middle of october, just three weeks before the vote, carter was up 47-39 over reagan? >> right. now, part of this is, yeah, and the...